No (Dumb) Kids Left Behind.

So today I heard a story that seriously pissed me off. My friend was denied his right of education! Now see Ms. Stanley when you talked about how other people’s moods can be transferred onto yourself I didn’t believe you…. Until today! So my friend Stephen has his articulation with his counselor today and not only did his counselor treat him like ass he also denied Stephen the right to learn! So the story goes that Stephen went into his articulation upon Mr. Felix’s request and when he arrived low and behold Mr. Felix was there eating pizza and talking to his wife on the phone. Mr. Felix didn’t have the manners to put either his food or phone down when Stephen walked into his office. Anyways upon seeing his schedule Mr. Felix would casually say no to Stephen’s classes as he checked them off, while still talking to his effing wife! Now I can understand if this was some kind of emergency or something but if not, then this guys a jackass. Anyways any attempt Stephen attempt to defend his classes were cast in futility as Mr. Felix would just NOT let Stephen TRY the difficult classes he had chosen for himself, as a result the only AP class he’s taking next year is gonna be AP Psychology. But still the thing that got to me most about this story was the injustice of this school’s(or maybe just Mr. Felix) difficulty scale. I mean just because Stephen is in “regular” classes this year does not mean he can’t TRY to tackle AP classes next year. What do they think its for his best interest because he’ll die under the pressure? Well good! That’s a lesson he’ll teach himself…. If he EVER gets the chance to prove his worth! I’m betting if a smart kid were to apply for those same classes Mr. Felix wouldn’t give them a second glance, so why is then, that when “dumb” kids apply for higher classes they are chastised and treated like kindergartener’s who might get a boo-boo in their brains if they take any hard classes next year. Ugh, I’m so betting this is illegal, you can’t DENY a persons right to education, ESPECIALLY if he has met the criteria(grades, age) required to take a class, AND his teacher from this year have signed him off too. I mean his teachers wouldn’t sign him off if they didn’t believe in him right? Man this is so unjust.